The Second Mrs. Hockaday

The Second Mrs. Hockaday
Author: Susan Rivers
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616206519

When Major Gryffth Hockaday is called to the front lines of the Civil War, his new bride is left to care for her husband’s three-hundred-acre farm and infant son. Placidia, a mere teenager herself living far from her family and completely unprepared to run a farm or raise a child, must endure the darkest days of the war on her own. By the time Major Hockaday returns two years later, Placidia is bound for jail, accused of having borne a child in his absence and murdering it. What really transpired in the two years he was away? A love story, a story of racial divide, and a story of the South as it fell in the war, The Second Mrs. Hockaday reveals how this generation—and the next—began to see their world anew.

The Algonquin Reader

The Algonquin Reader
Author: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161620687X

Algonquin Books presents author essays and excerpts from forthcoming fiction, featuring Leave Me by Gayle Forman; The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers; Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt; The Young Widower's Handbook by Tom McAllister; and The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin by Stephanie Knipper.

Lee Smith

Lee Smith
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476636664

This literary companion surveys the works of Lee Smith, a Southern author lauded for her autobiographical familiarity with Appalachian settings and characters. Her dialogue captures the distinct voices of mountain people and their perceptions of local and world events, ranging from the Civil War to ecology and modernization. Mental and physical disability and the Southern cultural norm of including the disabled as both family and community members are recurring themes in Smith's writing. An A to Z arrangement of entries incorporates specific titles, and themes such as belonging, healing and death, humor, parenting and religion.

Quilt of Souls

Quilt of Souls
Author: Phyllis Biffle Elmore
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 163289243X

The Yellow House meets Hidden in Plain View in this multigenerational memoir that celebrates African American quilting, family, and honoring the past. At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn’s doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate “Quilts of Souls.” Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families. Grandma Lula’s generosity of spirit, strong will, and creative soul animate every page and through the quilts, she paints portraits of extraordinary Black women born before and after the Civil War. They are enslaved people, laundresses, storytellers, healers, and quilters whose stories have gone untold until now. Beautifully written and brilliantly told, Phyllis weaves back and forth through time, piecing together true tales of racism, sexism, and colorism, but also strength and pride, creating a multigenerational patchwork honoring her family and ancestors. From the lush visuals to the powerful history, Quilt of Souls is oral tradition written and preserved for posterity. “Like the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, who create masterpieces from cast-off fabrics, Phyllis Biffle Elmore in Quilt of Souls: A Memoir uses snippets of history and fragments of memories to craft a narrative that is a powerful and poignant read.” –Jessica B. Harris, New York Times best-selling author of High on the Hog "A fascinating read that unravels how storytellers are born and made, with the goal or retelling family history, culture, loves, losses, victories, and the tragedies of memoerable people, from cradle to grave." –Omar Tyree, best-selling author and NAACP Image Award winner

Class Clown

Class Clown
Author: Johanna Hurwitz
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1987-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688067239

"Once again Hurwitz exhibits her talent for creating characters who talk, act, and think just like real kids. Realistic dialogue . . . and commonplace situations that sparkle with humor combine to make this a fine choice".--School Library Journal. Illustrated. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War

Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War
Author: Virginia. World War II History Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1947
Genre: Medal of Honor
ISBN:

"Constitutes a record of 8,777 persons associated with Virginia who died from any cause whatsoever while serving in the armed forces of the United Nations, 1940-1946, of 11 persons who died as a result of service-connected causes after discharge from the armed forces, and of 149 persons who died from various causes while serving in certain civilian organizations which have been auxiliary to the armed forces of the United States."-- Preface.